A composite scaffold of PLGA microspheres/fibrin gel for cartilage tissue engineering: Fabrication, physical properties, and cell responsiveness

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 240-249

  Zhao, Haiguang ^a   Ma, Lie ^a   Gao, Changyou ^a   Shen, Jiacong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Fibrin; Hydrogel; Microcarriers; Poly(L lactic co glycolic acid)

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERINGS; CHONDROCYTE; CHONDROCYTES; CLOTTING TIMES; COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCTIONS; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GELS; FREE AMINO GROUPS; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYCOLIC ACIDS; MICROCARRIERS; PLGA MICROSPHERES; POLY(L-LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID); THROMBIN SOLUTIONS; VIS SPECTROSCOPIES;

ACIDS; ALDEHYDES; AMINES; BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; GELATION; GELS; HYDROGELS; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROSPHERES;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLACTIN; PROPANOL; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL; GELATION; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROCYTES; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GELS; HYDROGEL; LACTIC ACID; MICROSPHERES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RABBITS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THROMBIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 57349193459     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31174     Document Type: Article

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